High Point Market Recap part one

Oh my goodness…what an inspiring week at the High Point Furniture! I feel like I walked 50 miles in five days. I was so honored to be chosen for the High Point Design Bloggers Tour and we all had so much fun. We visited showrooms I am very familiar with as well as a few I had never heard of but was happy to discover. The Spring Market was bursting with energy and I saw so many beautiful new designs. I compiled a list of nine trends and since I am all about photos, I want to show you lot’s of images. So as not to overwhelm you I have divided my report into three posts since I have so much to share. As a summary these are nine trends I spotted.

RED in all it’s various hues was without a doubt the trending color of Spring Market. I personally have never been a huge fan of red but after seeing some of the showrooms I think I might have to rethink how I feel about this dramatic color. The Ambella Home showroom knocked me over with their use of red. It was one of my favorite showrooms. The white upholstery and the light gray woods are so striking against the red wall.

Ambella Home: Linda Holt Photo

One of my favorite designers who loves color as much as I do is Tobi Fairley. Her new furniture collection for C.R. Laine and for Woodbridge is full of rich yummy color, especially vibrant pinks and fushia. (notice nail heads and Lucite are still trending).

Linda Holt Photo

This Pink coffee table is fun but also comes in any color you choose.

Tobi Fairley for Woodbridge:Linda Holt Photo

The Lillian August show room was one of the most colorful showrooms and I love the the raspberry velvet chairs in her Spring collection.

Lillian August:Linda Holt Photo

Blush pink got a lot of buzz at the show and this blush colored leather chair immediately drew me in. The leather and steel base is more masculine but the blush color pushes it toward the feminine. The chair thus becomes almost gender neutral which was another trend I saw emerging (gender neutrality).

Linda Holt Photo

Norwalk Furniturechose three color themes for Spring. Under the Sea (Blues), Jetson (think 60’sred, silver,black and gold) and Hill Country which is this dusty pink pictured below.

Rowe Furniture Linda Holt Photo

Bluecontinued to have a very strong showing as seen in the Mr. Brown Homeshowroom.

Mr. Brown Home: Linda Holt Photo

Duralee hit a home run with their new fabrics from John Robshaw. The show room was so lively and inspiring and that red and blue sofa in the background was like sitting on a cloud as it was all down!

Duralee: Linda Holt Photo

Deep blue velvet upholstery was spotted it in multiple showrooms and in the photo below it is striking paired with red.

Linda Holt Photo

I also spotted a lot of softer gray blues as in this vignette from Bernhardt Furniture.The all white furniture and accessories makes the room so calming. Can’t you just see this at a sea side location?

Linda Holt Photo

Emerald Green was another color that made a strong showing. Similar to the bold red wall in the first image, notice the furnishings and accessories are neutral black and white. The green color is the star of the room. The M.T. Company showroom had several rooms using emerald green.

The M.T. Company: Linda Holt Photo

Again, the bold green fabric is the star and the supporting colors are kept neutral with white, black and gray.

Linda Holt Photo

I don’t want you to think that every showroom was bursting with color. There was plenty of gray, white and gold. I just tend to gravitate toward color like a moth to the flame so color is what stood out to me.

Linda Holt Photo

2.Chairs. Sexy is back or should I say backs are sexy! Chair after chair had exposed spines or interesting lines and looked just as fabulous from the back as from the front. This little red number from Ambella Home was one of my favorites.

If chairs didn’t have exposed spines they had interesting shapes. I saw a lot of barrel shaped chairs which tend to look good floating in a room. Blush color velvet adorn these chairs from the new Michael Berman collection forTheodore Alexander.

Theodore Alexander:Linda Holt Photo

and last but not least, check out this chair from Bernhardt clad in artisan hammered metal. Now wouldn’t that be the statement piece in the room! Surprisingly it was comfortable too!

Bernhardt: Linda Holt Photo

3. Case goods. No longer delegated to a supporting role, case goods are now shouting “look at me”. I saw bold, gold, brutalist, faceted, sculptural, and wrapped and wallpapered. There was a huge variety but they were all statement pieces.

Noir: Linda Holt Photo

Many had geometric designs like this one from Vanguard.

Vanguard: Linda Holt Photo

This one from Lexington Furniture was both faceted and gold.

Lexington Furniture: Linda Holt Photo

Metal wrapped and hammered consoles were also trending like this one from Mr. Brown Home.

Mr. Brown Home:Linda Holt Photo

I also saw a number of wallpaper wrapped chests.

The other trend is that the hardware has become jewelry. The trend is either really big like on this cabinet from Global Views

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Thanks for the exciting photo tour! There are so many things to love, but the two that made my heart happy are the Duralee fabrics from John Robshaw and the chairs with the spines showing. That x-back!
Please tell me, did you shoot some of these with your iPhone? The photos are terrific.

On behalf of everyone at B E R N H A R D T, thanks so much for coming to view our Spring Collections ~ and for including us in this insightful post. We are pleased to be in such creative company, yours & other extraordinary makers. All the best to you and your friends here, Linda, and… keep creating!

Great tour, Linda! Looking forward to the next round of photos…That John Robshaw sofa in those red and blue fabrics was a surprise – would you say that you saw the pattern mixing as an early trend? I’m kinda digging that bohemian vibe and that surprises me! and the exposed frame/sculptural statement chairs were exciting as well.
photos fab as always!